KSrelief has distributed 120 food baskets in Hisyah, Homs Governorate, Syria, benefiting 120 families, SPA reported. The distribution falls under the “Etaam” Ramadan Food Basket Distribution Project for the year 1446 AH. The operation places the aid directly in the hands of families in Hisyah, a location named in the source, with the number of baskets matching the number of households reached. What does a single food basket mean to a household observing Ramadan far from home?
The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) carried out the distribution, according to SPA. The center is the entity named in the source as responsible for the delivery of the 120 baskets in Homs Governorate. The source ties the work to the Kingdom’s ongoing humanitarian efforts through KSrelief to support vulnerable communities worldwide. How does a distribution of this size fit into the wider reach of the project it belongs to?
The “Etaam” project is now in its fourth phase, the source states. Across that phase, the project aims to distribute 390,109 food baskets across 27 countries during Ramadan. The same source says the baskets will benefit more than 2.3 million individuals, at a cost exceeding SAR67 million. Those four figures — 390,109 baskets, 27 countries, more than 2.3 million individuals, and more than SAR67 million — frame the Homs distribution as one part of a much larger Ramadan operation. Why does the fourth phase carry the largest set of numbers the source provides?
Within that frame, the 120 baskets in Hisyah represent a small share of the 390,109 total, and the 120 families represent a small share of the more than 2.3 million individuals the project aims to reach. The source does not break the totals down by country, so it is not possible to say from the material how many of the 390,109 baskets are destined for Syria, nor how many of the more than 2.3 million individuals are in Syria. What would a country-by-country breakdown reveal about where the need is greatest?
The source names the year of the project as 1446 AH, tying the distribution to the Ramadan calendar rather than to a Gregorian date. The dateline on the SPA report is Homs, March 24, 2025. Ramadan in 1446 AH fell in March 2025, which places the Homs distribution inside the Ramadan window the project is built around. Does the timing of a Ramadan basket change what a family can prepare for iftar?
The location is specific: Hisyah, in Homs Governorate, Syria. The source does not describe Hisyah beyond the governorate, and it does not say how the 120 families were identified or selected. It also does not name the partners or local entities that may have supported the handover. What criteria decide which 120 families in a governorate receive the first baskets?
The “Etaam” project is described as a Ramadan Food Basket Distribution Project, which places food baskets at the center of the effort rather than cash transfers or other forms of aid. The source does not list the contents of a basket, nor the weight or value of a single basket. With a cost exceeding SAR67 million against 390,109 baskets, the source provides both a total cost and a total basket count but does not divide one by the other. What items would a family hope to find inside a Ramadan food basket?
The source states that the initiative is part of the Kingdom’s ongoing humanitarian efforts through KSrelief to support vulnerable communities worldwide. That sentence links the Homs distribution to a wider effort without naming other countries or other distributions. The 27 countries in the project are counted but not listed. Which of the 27 countries would a reader expect to see alongside Syria?
KSrelief is named in full as the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center. The source attributes the distribution to the center and to no other actor. The fourth phase is the phase named in the source, which implies three earlier phases without describing them. The source does not say when the earlier phases took place, how many baskets they distributed, or which countries they covered. How has the project changed between its first phase and its fourth?
The numbers in the source are stated as aims: the project “aims to distribute” 390,109 food baskets and the baskets will benefit “more than 2.3 million individuals.” The Homs figure of 120 baskets is stated as completed. The source does not give a running total of baskets distributed so far in the fourth phase, nor a count of families reached to date. What share of the 390,109-basket target has been met as of the Homs distribution?
The cost is given as exceeding SAR67 million for the project. The source does not attach a cost to the 120 baskets in Homs, nor does it say how the SAR67 million is divided across the 27 countries. It also does not say who funds the project beyond the attribution to the Kingdom’s efforts through KSrelief. How is a budget of that size allocated across 27 countries during a single month?
The source closes with the SPA signature and a timestamp: 00:02 local time, 21:02 GMT. The report carries the dateline Homs, March 24, 2025. The distribution is described in the past tense, indicating it had taken place by the time of the report. The source does not say on which day the baskets were handed out in Hisyah. Does a distribution reported at midnight local time suggest the handover happened earlier that day?
What the source does not include is as notable as what it does. There is no list of the 27 countries, no breakdown of baskets by country, no description of basket contents, no selection criteria for the 120 families, no named local partners, and no completion figure for the fourth phase beyond the Homs distribution. The source also does not say how many phases the project has in total or whether a fifth phase is planned. What would readers most want the next SPA report on this project to add?
For now, the sourced facts stand together: 120 food baskets in Hisyah, Homs Governorate, Syria, for 120 families; part of the “Etaam” Ramadan Food Basket Distribution Project for 1446 AH; now in its fourth phase; aiming at 390,109 baskets across 27 countries; benefiting more than 2.3 million individuals; at a cost exceeding SAR67 million; part of the Kingdom’s ongoing humanitarian efforts through KSrelief to support vulnerable communities worldwide. Each figure comes from the SPA report, and each figure stops where the source stops.
Where did KSrelief distribute the 120 food baskets? The distribution took place in Hisyah, in Homs Governorate, Syria, according to SPA. The 120 food baskets benefited 120 families in that location. The source names Hisyah within Homs Governorate but does not describe the area further or explain how the families were selected. The report is datelined Homs, March 24, 2025, and describes the distribution in the past tense, indicating it had taken place by the time of the report. The source does not state the exact day the baskets were handed out in Hisyah.
What is the “Etaam” project and which phase is it in? The “Etaam” Ramadan Food Basket Distribution Project for the year 1446 AH is the initiative under which the Homs baskets were distributed, SPA states. The project is now in its fourth phase. Across that phase, it aims to distribute 390,109 food baskets across 27 countries during Ramadan, benefiting more than 2.3 million individuals at a cost exceeding SAR67 million. The source does not describe the earlier three phases, nor does it say how many phases the project has in total or whether a fifth phase is planned.
How many baskets and individuals does the project aim to reach? The “Etaam” project aims to distribute 390,109 food baskets across 27 countries during Ramadan, according to SPA. Those baskets are intended to benefit more than 2.3 million individuals, at a cost exceeding SAR67 million. The 120 baskets distributed in Hisyah, Homs Governorate, form part of that total, benefiting 120 families. The source does not break the 390,109 baskets or the more than 2.3 million individuals down by country, so the share destined for Syria is not stated in the material.
What does the source say about the cost of the project? SPA states that the “Etaam” project’s fourth phase carries a cost exceeding SAR67 million. That figure covers the aim of distributing 390,109 food baskets across 27 countries during Ramadan, benefiting more than 2.3 million individuals. The source does not attach a separate cost to the 120 baskets distributed in Hisyah, Homs Governorate, nor does it say how the SAR67 million is divided among the 27 countries. It also does not identify funders beyond the attribution to the Kingdom’s ongoing humanitarian efforts through KSrelief.
Who carried out the distribution in Homs? The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) carried out the distribution of 120 food baskets in Hisyah, Homs Governorate, Syria, according to SPA. The source attributes the work to KSrelief and to no other actor, and it ties the initiative to the Kingdom’s ongoing humanitarian efforts through the center to support vulnerable communities worldwide. The source does not name any local partners or entities that may have supported the handover, nor does it describe how the 120 families were identified or selected for the baskets.
When did the distribution take place? The SPA report is datelined Homs, March 24, 2025, and describes the distribution in the past tense, indicating it had taken place by the time of the report. The project is tied to the year 1446 AH, placing it within the Ramadan calendar. The report carries a timestamp of 00:02 local time and 21:02 GMT. The source does not state the exact day on which the 120 baskets were handed out in Hisyah, nor does it give a running total of baskets distributed so far in the fourth phase.